"Horse" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
 mǎ pǐ horse
 mù mǎ wooden horse / rocking horse / vaulting horse (gymnastics) / trojan horse (computing)
 bǎo mǎ precious horse
 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner
 qí mǎ to ride a horse
 bái mǎ white horse
 shàng mǎ to get on a horse / to mount
 tiān mǎ celestial horse (mythology) / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (western mythology) Pegasus
 shān yáng goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
 zuò qí saddle horse / mount
 xià mǎ to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project)
 qiān lǐ mǎ lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed
 jùn mǎ fine horse / steed
 chōu jīn cramp / charley horse / to pull a tendon
 sài mǎ horse race / horse racing
 yě mǎ feral horse / free-roaming horse / wild horse
 cè mǎ to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
 luò mǎ (lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
 mǎ pì horse hindquarters / flattery / boot-licking
 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue
 hǎi mǎ sea horse / hippocampus
 Jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
 mù mǎ bìng dú Trojan horse (type of computer virus)
 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic
 kuà shàng to mount (a horse, bike, flight of stairs, rickshaw etc)
 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
 yǎn zhào eye-patch / blindfold / eye mask / goggles / eyeshade / blinkers (for a horse etc)
 Tè luò yī Mù mǎ Trojan horse
 tiě mǎ armored horse / cavalry / metal chimes hanging from eaves / steel barricade / (Tw) bike
 pǎo mǎ horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream
 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied
 mǎ bù horse stance (martial arts)
 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
 kuài mǎ jiā biān to spur the horse to full speed (idiom) / to go as fast as possible
 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
 zhǒng mǎ stallion / stud horse
 bēn mǎ (literary) (swift like a) speeding horse
 xīn yuán yì mǎ lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom) / fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable
 lè mǎ to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse
 yuè mǎ to gallop / to spur on a horse / to let one's steed have his head
 qí shǒu horse rider / equestrian / jockey / bike rider
驿 yì mǎ post horse
 róng mǎ military horse / by extension, military matters
 luó mǎ pack animal / horse and mule
 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse
 ān mǎ pommel horse (gymnastics)
 xuán yá lè mǎ lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time
 shén mǎ mythical horse / Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]
 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple
 Bái mǎ Sì the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China
 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue
 qí shī jockey / horse rider / horseman / equestrian
 mǎ fáng horse stable
 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago
 qí jǐng mounted police (on horse or motorbike)
 lóng jū fine horse / brilliant young man
 mǎ kē Equidae / horse family
 mǎ shī qián tí lit. the horse loses its front hooves / fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness
 mǎ jū young horse (colt or filly)
 mǎ gé guǒ shī to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield
 shí tú lǎo mǎ lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom) / fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
 xùn mǎ to break in a horse / a trained saddle horse
 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes
 huān a breed of horse / variant of 歡|欢[huan1]
 chē liè to tear off a person's four limbs and head using five horse drawn carts (as capital punishment) / to tear limb from limb
 tào chē to harness (a horse to a cart)
 tào bāo collar part of horse harness
 hàn mǎ lit. to exert one's horse / fig. war exploits / warhorse
 wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° / (south)
 shèng four horse military chariot (archaic) / four (archaic) / generic term for history books
 qí to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses
 jì (Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier
 piàn to cheat / to swindle / to deceive / to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
 shǐ (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast / to speed / (of a vehicle) to run / to go / (of a boat) to sail
 luò camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic)
 xiāng to help / to assist / mutual assistance / to rush into or up / to raise or hold up / high / tall / old variant of 欀 / chariot horse (old) / change (old)
 jùn spirited horse
 yāng martingale (leather strap in horse harness) / discontented
驿 yì post horse / relay station
 dā (phonetic) / command to a horse / clatter (of horses' hoofs)
 jì thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous
 xiāo good horse / valiant
 huá chestnut horse
 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon
 mò feed a horse with grain / horse feed
 jiǎn lame / cripple / unfortunate / slow / difficult / nag (inferior horse) / donkey / lame horse
 luò black horse with white mane / fearful
 zhuī (literary) piebald horse
 piào white horse
 bèi to saddle a horse
 ní wild beast / wild horse / lion / trad. form used erroneously for 貌 / simplified form used erroneously for 狻
 nú (literary) inferior horse
 liù to stroll / walk a horse
 suō horse chestnut / Stewartia pseudocamellia (botany)
 qí piebald horse / used for 麒[qi2], mythical unicorn
 jiān a quiver on a horse / a store
 liú bay horse with black mane
 tái tired / worn out horse
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